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Operations and Support Specialist - Telecel Cash
Telecel Ghana · · Full-time
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Posted 3 weeks ago · Job #43
About the Role

About This Opportunity

Mobile money has become the backbone of Ghana's digital financial economy. Telecel Cash — formerly Vodafone Cash — serves a substantial subscriber base using their mobile phones to pay bills, send remittances, access merchant payments, and participate in Ghana's digital commerce ecosystem. The platform's 24/7 availability and transaction integrity are not just technical requirements — they are the foundation on which millions of Ghanaians conduct their daily financial lives.

This Operations and Support Specialist role is at the core of maintaining that availability. You will monitor system performance, manage incident response, support partner integrations, conduct root cause analysis, and drive continuous service improvement across the Telecel Cash platform. The 24/7 operational environment means this role demands professionals who take genuine personal ownership of platform stability — who feel the impact of every outage and are motivated to prevent the next one.

For engineers with mobile money or payments platform experience, this role offers the opportunity to work at the heart of one of Ghana's most critical digital infrastructure systems — building skills and experience that are in high demand across the African fintech and telco sectors.


Role Purpose

Ensure 24/7 availability, stability, and performance of the Telecel Cash platform, products and services by proactively monitoring and configuring systems, resolving incidents, supporting partners, performing integrations, and driving continuous service improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Monitor and report on system uptime, SLAs, and KPIs

Work with Platform and Build teams to improve reliability and performance

Contribute to capacity planning and performance tuning initiatives

Execute routine system checks, maintenance, and health validations

Support patching, upgrades, and minor releases in production

Validate system readiness post-deployment (smoke checks)

Ensure data integrity and transaction consistency

Support live integrations with banks, aggregators, merchants, and third parties

Monitor API performance and transaction flows

Troubleshoot and resolve integration failures and reconciliation issues

Ensure partner services meet agreed SLAs

Monitor systems using tools (e.g., Zabbix, Grafana, ELK, etc.)

Define and maintain alerts, dashboards, and health checks

Proactively detect anomalies and prevent incidents before impact

Track system performance (latency, throughput, error rates)

Actively participate in major incident management (MIM) and bridge calls

Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and document findings with actionable fixes

Identify recurring issues and drive permanent resolution (problem management)

Maintain incident logs and ensure proper post-incident reporting

Provide L2/L3 support for Telecel Cash platforms, handling complex technical escalations

Lead or support incident resolution, ensuring minimal downtime and customer impact

Perform deep-dive system, database, and transaction-level troubleshooting

Ensure timely restoration of services in line with SLAs and MTTR targets

Support SMS, USSD, API and other messaging platforms related to mobile money services

Support Middleware services related to Telecel Cash

Handle escalations, upgrades, and enhancements impacting messaging channels

Professional / Technical Competencies

Degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/ Information Technology or related discipline / experience

5–10 years’ experience in similar role

Strong troubleshooting skills across applications, APIs, and databases

Experience with monitoring and observability tools

Knowledge of incident management (ITIL practices)

Understanding of mobile money / payments systems

Familiarity with SQL, logs analysis, and system performance tuning

Ability to work in 24/7 support and operations environment


Applying for This Role

  • List monitoring tools specifically: Zabbix, Grafana, ELK stack, Prometheus — name the specific tools you have used and the environments you monitored with them. Generic "monitoring experience" is insufficient for this technical role.
  • Mobile money platform knowledge matters: Experience with Comviva MobiLite, Ericsson BSCS, or similar mobile money platforms is highly relevant. If you have interacted with GHIPSS, GIP, or other Ghanaian payment infrastructure, state this.
  • ITIL Foundation: The role references ITIL practices. An ITIL Foundation certification demonstrates structured incident and problem management knowledge. If you have it, lead with it.
  • Incident case studies: Prepare two or three examples of significant incidents you have managed — what happened, how you responded, how long to resolution, and what was done to prevent recurrence.
Requirements

Professional / Technical Competencies

Degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/ Information Technology or related discipline / experience

5–10 years’ experience in similar role

Strong troubleshooting skills across applications, APIs, and databases

Experience with monitoring and observability tools

Knowledge of incident management (ITIL practices)

Understanding of mobile money / payments systems

Familiarity with SQL, logs analysis, and system performance tuning

Ability to work in 24/7 support and operations environment

About Telecel Ghana
Telecel Ghana
Telecommunications · 501–1,000 employees

Telecel Ghana is one of Ghana's major telecommunications operators, providing mobile voice, high-speed data, and digital services to millions of subscribers nationwide. As part of the international Telecel Group, the company is committed to expanding digital connectivity and delivering innovative mobile solutions that improve everyday life for Ghanaians.

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Job Overview
Salary Competitive
Type Full-time
Location
Category IT & Cybersecurity
Posted Apr 29, 2026
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